Guest Users : Friend or Foe to your network?

The question asked then and now is still: When is a visitor or contractor a threat, and what can be done to mitigate that threat?

It has become expected that organizations provide wireless networks for visitors and staff but increasingly questions are being asked about the threats posed by outsiders given access to wireless services and allowed beyond into an organization’s network. Aside from combating the obvious rogue element it is also important to remember that such users can have malicious effects without intending it, due to malware existing, unknown to them, on their machines.